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trwd Author

Level 1

17 points

Bootcamp booting clobbered by Yosemite upgrade

I've enjoyed being able to boot into OSX Mavericks or Windows 8.1 for the past year on my MBP (mid 2012, single 500GB SSD) but I recently performed the Yosemite upgrade. The resulting OSX installation appears to work fine but when I hold down the Option key after the chime the option to boot from Bootcamp Windows is missing. Worse, when I set "Startup Disk" to Bootcamp Windows the result fails.

@Loner T usually requests the following Terminal results so here they are:

Last login: Sun Sep 20 22:09:22 on ttys000

My-MacBook-Pro:~ me$ diskutil list

/dev/disk0

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: GUID_partition_scheme *512.1 GB disk0

1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1

2: Apple_CoreStorage 255.3 GB disk0s2

3: Apple_Boot Recovery HD 650.0 MB disk0s3

4: Microsoft Basic Data BOOTCAMP 255.5 GB disk0s4

/dev/disk1

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: Apple_HFS Macintosh HD *254.9 GB disk1

Logical Volume on disk0s2

F6545BAB-5B31-4838-A188-C59D210B12FB

Unencrypted

==========

My-MacBook-Pro:~ me$ diskutil cs list

CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)

+-- Logical Volume Group B8FA8874-F8C3-4EC1-8F53-0F555EDFC166

=========================================================

Name: Macintosh HD

Status: Online

Size: 255250432000 B (255.3 GB)

Free Space: 18907136 B (18.9 MB)

+-< Physical Volume 84E5E470-49E8-4585-AA1D-397BDEA61A3D

| ----------------------------------------------------

| Index: 0

| Disk: disk0s2

| Status: Online

| Size: 255250432000 B (255.3 GB)

+-> Logical Volume Family E409753F-A5B6-4DAC-BF6F-17CE4956E11E

----------------------------------------------------------

Encryption Status: Unlocked

Encryption Type: None

Conversion Status: NoConversion

Conversion Direction: -none-

Has Encrypted Extents: No

Fully Secure: No

Passphrase Required: No

+-> Logical Volume F6545BAB-5B31-4838-A188-C59D210B12FB

---------------------------------------------------

Disk: disk1

Status: Online

Size (Total): 254879203328 B (254.9 GB)

Conversion Progress: -none-

Revertible: Yes (no decryption required)

LV Name: Macintosh HD

Volume Name: Macintosh HD

Content Hint: Apple_HFS

==========

My-MacBook-Pro:~ me$ sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk0

Password:

gpt show: /dev/disk0: mediasize=512110190592; sectorsize=512; blocks=1000215216

gpt show: /dev/disk0: PMBR at sector 0

gpt show: /dev/disk0: Pri GPT at sector 1

gpt show: /dev/disk0: Sec GPT at sector 1000215215

start size index contents

0 1 PMBR

1 1 Pri GPT header

2 32 Pri GPT table

34 6

40 409600 1 GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B

409640 498536000 2 GPT part - 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

498945640 1269536 3 GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

500215176 632

500215808 499077120 4 GPT part - EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7

999292928 922255

1000215183 32 Sec GPT table

1000215215 1 Sec GPT header

==========

My-MacBook-Pro:~ me$ sudo fdisk /dev/disk0

Disk: /dev/disk0 geometry: 62260/255/63 [1000215216 sectors]

Signature: 0xAA55

Starting Ending

#: id cyl hd sec - cyl hd sec [ start - size]

------------------------------------------------------------------------

1: EE 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [ 1 - 1000215215] <Unknown ID>

2: 00 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 [ 0 - 0] unused

3: 00 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 [ 0 - 0] unused

4: 00 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 [ 0 - 0] unused

I would appreciate help getting Bootcamp booting again.

Posted on Sep 20, 2015 8:43 PM

68 replies

trwd Author

Level 1

17 points

Oct 2, 2015 3:18 PM in response to Loner T

attached is the log. I first cleared the log, then reconnected the USB HDD to log after that. At the end I see some "failed" items.

No attachments allowed I guess. Pasted below. Sorry. It's verbose.

10/2/15 5:08:33.000 PM

0x55aa 0x100, 3

10/2/15 5:08:35.132 PM

10/2/15 5:08:35.133 PM

10/2/15 5:08:35.134 PM

10/2/15 5:08:35.000 PM

84E5E470-49E8-4585-AA1D-397BDEA61A3D in group "Macintosh HD" (B8FA8874-F8C3-4EC1-8F53-0F555EDFC166).

kernel[0] USBMSC

Identifier (non-unique): 0123456789ABCDEF 0x174c

WDSecurityHelper[313]

kernel[0] CoreStorage::startPhysicalVolume detected duplicate pv

10/2/15 5:08:35.134 PM

10/2/15 5:08:35.135 PM

AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0@0/AppleACPIPCI/XHC1@14/AppleUSBXHCI/AS2105@15200000 /IOUSBInterface@0/

IOUSBMassStorageClass/IOSCSIPeripheralDeviceNub/IOSCSIPeripheralDeviceType00/IOB lockStorageServices

10/2/15 5:08:35.135 PM

WDSecurityHelper[313]

DAMediaWhole=1

DAMediaBSDName=disk2

DAMediaSize=1500301910016

DAMediaKind=IOMedia

DAMediaIcon={

WDSecurityHelper[313]

CFBundleIdentifier = "com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily";

IOBundleResourceFile = "USBHD.icns";

}

10/2/15 5:08:35.135 PM

10/2/15 5:08:35.136 PM

10/2/15 5:08:35.137 PM

@2:0

10/2/15 5:08:35.137 PM

10/2/15 5:08:35.156 PM

disk2s2

WDSecurityHelper[313]

DADeviceProtocol=USB

DAAppearanceTime=465516515.073202

DAMediaBSDMajor=1

DADeviceModel=003-9YN16G

DAMediaBSDMinor=6

DAMediaWritable=1

DAMediaName=ST1500DM 003-9YN16G Media

DAVolumeNetwork=0

DAMediaBSDUnit=2

DAMediaBlockSize=512

DADeviceVendor=ST1500DM

DAMediaPath=IODeviceTree:/PCI0@0/XHC1@14/

DAMediaRemovable=0

DADeviceRevision=HP16

DABusName=XHC1

isDiskACDROMDevice = FALSE

userIsActive = TRUE

UnrecognizedDiskPeek called for device

10/2/15 5:08:35.156 PM

10/2/15 5:08:35.157 PM

AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0@0/AppleACPIPCI/XHC1@14/AppleUSBXHCI/AS2105@15200000 /IOUSBInterface@0/

IOUSBMassStorageClass/IOSCSIPeripheralDeviceNub/IOSCSIPeripheralDeviceType00/IOB lockStorageServices

10/2/15 5:08:35.157 PM

WDSecurityHelper[313]

DAMediaWhole=1

DAMediaBSDName=disk2

DAMediaSize=1500301910016

DAMediaKind=IOMedia

DAMediaIcon={

WDSecurityHelper[313]

CFBundleIdentifier = "com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily";

IOBundleResourceFile = "USBHD.icns";

}

10/2/15 5:08:35.157 PM

10/2/15 5:08:35.158 PM

WDSecurityHelper[313]

DADeviceProtocol=USB

DAAppearanceTime=465516515.073202

DAMediaBSDMajor=1

DADeviceModel=003-9YN16G

DAMediaBSDMinor=6

DAMediaWritable=1

DAMediaName=ST1500DM 003-9YN16G Media

DAVolumeNetwork=0

DAMediaBSDUnit=2

DAMediaBlockSize=512

mountApproval for device disk2s4

isDiskACDROMDevice

DAMediaLeaf=0

DADeviceUnit=2

DADeviceInternal=0

DAMediaEjectable=0

DABusPath=IODeviceTree:/PCI0@0/XHC1@14

DAMediaContent=GUID_partition_scheme

DADevicePath=IOService:/

isDiskACDROMDevice

DAMediaLeaf=0

DADeviceUnit=2

DADeviceInternal=0

DAMediaEjectable=0

DABusPath=IODeviceTree:/PCI0@0/XHC1@14

DAMediaContent=GUID_partition_scheme

DADevicePath=IOService:/

10/2/15 5:08:35.158 PM

@2:0

10/2/15 5:08:35.158 PM

10/2/15 5:08:35.159 PM

10/2/15 5:08:35.160 PM

AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0@0/AppleACPIPCI/XHC1@14/AppleUSBXHCI/AS2105@15200000 /IOUSBInterface@0/

IOUSBMassStorageClass/IOSCSIPeripheralDeviceNub/IOSCSIPeripheralDeviceType00/IOB lockStorageServices

10/2/15 5:08:35.161 PM

WDSecurityHelper[313]

DAMediaWhole=1

DAMediaBSDName=disk2

DAMediaSize=1500301910016

DAMediaKind=IOMedia

DAMediaIcon={

IOBundleResourceFile = "USBHD.icns";

}

WDSecurityHelper[313]

DADeviceVendor=ST1500DM

DAMediaPath=IODeviceTree:/PCI0@0/XHC1@14/

WDSecurityHelper[313]

DAMediaRemovable=0

DADeviceRevision=HP16

DABusName=XHC1

isDiskACDROMDevice = FALSE

mountApproval for device disk2s1

isDiskACDROMDevice

CFBundleIdentifier = "com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily";

10/2/15 5:08:35.161 PM

10/2/15 5:08:35.162 PM

@2:0

10/2/15 5:08:35.162 PM

10/2/15 5:08:35.163 PM

10/2/15 5:08:35.000 PM

10/2/15 5:08:35.649 PM

10/2/15 5:08:35.650 PM

disk2s4

10/2/15 5:08:35.651 PM

disk2s1

10/2/15 5:08:35.666 PM

Bootstrapped Creating a default store:1 SpotLoc:(null) SpotVerLoc:(null) occlude:0 /Volumes/BOOTCAMP 1 10/2/15 5:08:35.673 PM WDSecurityHelper[313] {

DAAppearanceTime = "465516515.075413";

DABusName = XHC1;

DABusPath = "IODeviceTree:/PCI0@0/XHC1@14";

DADeviceInternal = 0;

DADeviceModel = "003-9YN16G";

DADevicePath = "IOService:/AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0@0/AppleACPIPCI/XHC1@14/AppleUSBXHCI/

AS2105@15200000/IOUSBInterface@0/IOUSBMassStorageClass/IOSCSIPeripheralDeviceNub /

IOSCSIPeripheralDeviceType00/IOBlockStorageServices";

DADeviceProtocol = USB;

DADeviceRevision = HP16;

DADeviceUnit = 2;

DADeviceVendor = ST1500DM;

DAMediaBSDMajor = 1;

DAMediaBSDMinor = 8;

DAMediaBSDName = disk2s4;

DAMediaBSDUnit = 2;

DAMediaBlockSize = 512;

DAMediaContent = "EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7";

WDSecurityHelper[313]

DADeviceProtocol=USB

DAAppearanceTime=465516515.073202

DAMediaBSDMajor=1

DADeviceModel=003-9YN16G

DAMediaBSDMinor=6

DAMediaWritable=1

DAMediaName=ST1500DM 003-9YN16G Media

DAVolumeNetwork=0

DAMediaBSDUnit=2

DAMediaBlockSize=512

DADeviceVendor=ST1500DM

DAMediaPath=IODeviceTree:/PCI0@0/XHC1@14/

WDSecurityHelper[313]

kernel[0] NTFS volume name BOOTCAMP, version 3.1.

WDSecurityHelper[313]

MountableVolumeAppeared for device disk2s4

MountableVolumeAppeared for device disk2s1

processMountableVolumeApperance for device

DAMediaLeaf=0

DADeviceUnit=2

DADeviceInternal=0

DAMediaEjectable=0

DABusPath=IODeviceTree:/PCI0@0/XHC1@14

DAMediaContent=GUID_partition_scheme

DADevicePath=IOService:/

DAMediaRemovable=0

DADeviceRevision=HP16

DABusName=XHC1

isDiskACDROMDevice = FALSE

WDSecurityHelper[313]

mds[55] (Volume.Normal:2464) volume:0x7ffb34818000 **********

processMountableVolumeApperance for device

DAMediaEjectable = 0;

DAMediaIcon = {

CFBundleIdentifier = "com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily";

IOBundleResourceFile = "USBHD.icns";

};

DAMediaKind = IOMedia;

DAMediaLeaf = 1;

DAMediaName = BOOTCAMP;

DAMediaPath = "IODeviceTree:/PCI0@0/XHC1@14/@2:4";

DAMediaRemovable = 0;

DAMediaSize = 255527485440;

DAMediaUUID = "<CFUUID 0x610000021840> 8ABE4F53-9BDE-4367-BBD1-8E21676DD18B";

DAMediaWhole = 0;

DAMediaWritable = 1;

DAVolumeKind = ntfs;

DAVolumeMountable = 1;

DAVolumeName = BOOTCAMP;

DAVolumeNetwork = 0;

DAVolumePath = "file:///Volumes/BOOTCAMP%201/";

DAVolumeUUID = "<CFUUID 0x610000022fc0> A4021B5A-1460-47AC-8600-E7E5D1CE5D2F";

}

10/2/15 5:08:35.674 PM

10/2/15 5:08:35.675 PM

10/2/15 5:08:35.676 PM

10/2/15 5:08:35.677 PM

10/2/15 5:08:35.681 PM

10/2/15 5:08:35.682 PM

10/2/15 5:08:35.683 PM

AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0@0/AppleACPIPCI/XHC1@14/AppleUSBXHCI/AS2105@15200000 /IOUSBInterface@0/

IOUSBMassStorageClass/IOSCSIPeripheralDeviceNub/IOSCSIPeripheralDeviceType00/IOB lockStorageServices

10/2/15 5:08:35.684 PM

WDSecurityHelper[313]

DAMediaWhole=1

DAMediaBSDName=disk2

DAMediaSize=1500301910016

DAMediaKind=IOMedia

DAMediaIcon={

WDSecurityHelper[313]

isSupportedPid

IOGUIDPartitionScheme

IOMedia

IOBlockStorageDriver

IOBlockStorageServices

IOSCSIPeripheralDeviceType00

IOSCSIPeripheralDeviceNub

IOUSBMassStorageClass

IOUSBInterface

CFBundleIdentifier = "com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily";

IOBundleResourceFile = "USBHD.icns";

}

10/2/15 5:08:35.685 PM

10/2/15 5:08:35.686 PM

10/2/15 5:08:35.687 PM

@2:0

10/2/15 5:08:35.687 PM

10/2/15 5:08:35.688 PM

WDSecurityHelper[313]

DADeviceProtocol=USB

DAAppearanceTime=465516515.073202

DAMediaBSDMajor=1

DADeviceModel=003-9YN16G

DAMediaBSDMinor=6

DAVolumeMountable=0

DAMediaWritable=1

DAMediaName=ST1500DM 003-9YN16G Media

DAVolumeNetwork=0

DAMediaBSDUnit=2

DAMediaBlockSize=512

DADeviceVendor=ST1500DM

DAMediaPath=IODeviceTree:/PCI0@0/XHC1@14/

DAMediaRemovable=0

DADeviceRevision=HP16

DABusName=XHC1

isDiskACDROMDevice = FALSE

userIsActive = TRUE

IOUSBDevice

pidIsSupported = FALSE

disk2s4 is not supported...

mountApproval for device disk2s3

isDiskACDROMDevice

DAMediaLeaf=0

DADeviceUnit=2

DADeviceInternal=0

DAMediaEjectable=0

DABusPath=IODeviceTree:/PCI0@0/XHC1@14

DAMediaContent=GUID_partition_scheme

DADevicePath=IOService:/

10/2/15 5:08:35.688 PM

10/2/15 5:08:35.689 PM

10/2/15 5:08:35.690 PM

AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0@0/AppleACPIPCI/XHC1@14/AppleUSBXHCI/AS2105@15200000 /IOUSBInterface@0/

IOUSBMassStorageClass/IOSCSIPeripheralDeviceNub/IOSCSIPeripheralDeviceType00/IOB lockStorageServices

WDSecurityHelper[313]

UnrecognizedDiskPeek called for device disk2

isDiskACDROMDevice

DAMediaLeaf=0

DADeviceUnit=2

10/2/15 5:08:35.690 PM

10/2/15 5:08:35.691 PM

WDSecurityHelper[313]

DAMediaWhole=1

DAMediaBSDName=disk2

DAMediaSize=1500301910016

DAMediaKind=IOMedia

DAMediaIcon={

CFBundleIdentifier = "com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily";

IOBundleResourceFile = "USBHD.icns";

}

10/2/15 5:08:35.691 PM

10/2/15 5:08:35.692 PM

10/2/15 5:08:35.693 PM

@2:0

10/2/15 5:08:35.693 PM

10/2/15 5:08:35.694 PM

10/2/15 5:08:35.695 PM

disk2s3

WDSecurityHelper[313]

DADeviceProtocol=USB

DAAppearanceTime=465516515.073202

DAMediaBSDMajor=1

DADeviceModel=003-9YN16G

DAMediaBSDMinor=6

DAVolumeMountable=0

DAMediaWritable=1

DAMediaName=ST1500DM 003-9YN16G Media

DAVolumeNetwork=0

DAMediaBSDUnit=2

DAMediaBlockSize=512

DADeviceVendor=ST1500DM

DAMediaPath=IODeviceTree:/PCI0@0/XHC1@14/

DAMediaRemovable=0

DADeviceRevision=HP16

DABusName=XHC1

isDiskACDROMDevice = FALSE

MountableVolumeAppeared for device disk2s3

processMountableVolumeApperance for device

10/2/15 5:08:35.700 PM

DAAppearanceTime = "465516515.074008";

DABusName = XHC1;

DABusPath = "IODeviceTree:/PCI0@0/XHC1@14";

DADeviceInternal = 0;

DADeviceModel = "003-9YN16G";

DADevicePath = "IOService:/AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0@0/AppleACPIPCI/XHC1@14/AppleUSBXHCI/

AS2105@15200000/IOUSBInterface@0/IOUSBMassStorageClass/IOSCSIPeripheralDeviceNub /

IOSCSIPeripheralDeviceType00/IOBlockStorageServices";

DADeviceProtocol = USB;

DADeviceRevision = HP16;

DADeviceUnit = 2;

DADeviceVendor = ST1500DM;

DAMediaBSDMajor = 1;

DAMediaBSDMinor = 7;

DAMediaBSDName = disk2s3;

DAMediaBSDUnit = 2;

DAMediaBlockSize = 512;

DAMediaContent = "426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC";

DAMediaEjectable = 0;

DAMediaIcon = {

CFBundleIdentifier = "com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily";

IOBundleResourceFile = "USBHD.icns";

};

DAMediaKind = IOMedia;

DAMediaLeaf = 1;

DAMediaName = "Recovery HD";

DAMediaPath = "IODeviceTree:/PCI0@0/XHC1@14/@2:3";

DAMediaRemovable = 0;

DAMediaSize = 650002432;

DAMediaUUID = "<CFUUID 0x618000023300> 762EA4AA-4CFC-4D62-B20F-D87129B2DCE2";

WDSecurityHelper[313]

{

DADeviceInternal=0

DAMediaEjectable=0

DABusPath=IODeviceTree:/PCI0@0/XHC1@14

DAMediaContent=GUID_partition_scheme

DADevicePath=IOService:/

DAMediaWhole = 0;

DAMediaWritable = 1;

DAVolumeKind = hfs;

DAVolumeMountable = 1;

DAVolumeName = "Recovery HD";

DAVolumeNetwork = 0;

DAVolumeUUID = "<CFUUID 0x6180000233a0> 57FA46B1-E13E-3579-A93C-C2FCC1D01D75";

}

10/2/15 5:08:35.701 PM

10/2/15 5:08:35.702 PM

10/2/15 5:08:35.703 PM

10/2/15 5:08:35.704 PM

10/2/15 5:08:35.807 PM

WDSecurityHelper[313]

isSupportedPid

IOGUIDPartitionScheme

IOMedia

IOBlockStorageDriver

IOBlockStorageServices

IOSCSIPeripheralDeviceType00

IOSCSIPeripheralDeviceNub

IOUSBMassStorageClass

IOUSBInterface

IOUSBDevice

pidIsSupported = FALSE

disk2s3 is not supported...

{

DAAppearanceTime = "465516515.074721";

DABusName = XHC1;

DABusPath = "IODeviceTree:/PCI0@0/XHC1@14";

DADeviceInternal = 0;

DADeviceModel = "003-9YN16G";

DADevicePath = "IOService:/AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0@0/AppleACPIPCI/XHC1@14/AppleUSBXHCI/

AS2105@15200000/IOUSBInterface@0/IOUSBMassStorageClass/IOSCSIPeripheralDeviceNub /

IOSCSIPeripheralDeviceType00/IOBlockStorageServices";

DADeviceProtocol = USB;

DADeviceRevision = HP16;

DADeviceUnit = 2;

DADeviceVendor = ST1500DM;

DAMediaBSDMajor = 1;

DAMediaBSDMinor = 9;

DAMediaBSDName = disk2s1;

DAMediaBSDUnit = 2;

DAMediaBlockSize = 512;

DAMediaContent = "C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B";

DAMediaEjectable = 0;

DAMediaIcon = {

CFBundleIdentifier = "com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily";

IOBundleResourceFile = "USBHD.icns";

};

DAMediaKind = IOMedia;

DAMediaLeaf = 1;

DAMediaName = "EFI System Partition";

DAMediaPath = "IODeviceTree:/PCI0@0/XHC1@14/@2:1";

DAMediaRemovable = 0;

DAMediaSize = 209715200;

DAMediaUUID = "<CFUUID 0x608000023cc0> 3F03187B-0E58-402F-A712-F86E70CFA2ED";

DAMediaWhole = 0;

DAMediaWritable = 1;

DAVolumeKind = msdos;

DAVolumeMountable = 1;

DAVolumeName = EFI;

DAVolumeNetwork = 0;

DAVolumeUUID = "<CFUUID 0x6080000226a0> 0E239BC6-F960-3107-89CF-1C97F78BB46B";

}

10/2/15 5:08:35.808 PM

10/2/15 5:08:35.809 PM

WDSecurityHelper[313]

isSupportedPid

IOGUIDPartitionScheme

IOMedia

IOBlockStorageDriver

IOBlockStorageServices

IOSCSIPeripheralDeviceType00

IOSCSIPeripheralDeviceNub

IOUSBMassStorageClass

IOUSBInterface

IOUSBDevice

pidIsSupported = FALSE

disk2s1 is not supported...

Loner T

Level 9

59,513 points

Oct 2, 2015 3:45 PM in response to trwd

84E5E470-49E8-4585-AA1D-397BDEA61A3D in group "Macintosh HD" (B8FA8874-F8C3-4EC1-8F53-0F555EDFC166).

kernel[0] USBMSC

Identifier (non-unique): 0123456789ABCDEF 0x174c

The cloning process duplicated the UUIDs. Can you disconnect the SATA cable and only the USB? This will allow

1. Reverting the CS on the USB.

2. Randomizing the UUIDs on the jhfs+ exposed on the USB, using Gdisk.

3. Connect the SATA and test coexistence.

trwd Author

Level 1

17 points

Oct 2, 2015 7:27 PM in response to Loner T

I removed the SSD and booted from the external USB HDD. Went fine. Results of reversion:

+-> Logical Volume F6545BAB-5B31-4838-A188-C59D210B12FB

---------------------------------------------------

Disk: disk1

Status: Online

Size (Total): 254879203328 B (254.9 GB)

Conversion Progress: -none-

Revertible: Yes (no decryption required)

LV Name: Macintosh HD

Volume Name: Macintosh HD

Content Hint: Apple_HFS

diskutil cs revert F6545BAB-5B31-4838-A188-C59D210B12FB

Started CoreStorage operation on disk1 Macintosh HD

Switching partition from Core Storage type to original type

Reclaiming space formerly used by Core Storage metadata

Even though the disk is now fully reverted, you should reboot soon to re-mount your reverted disk from the actual original partition

Removing Physical Volume

Destroying Logical Volume Group

Remounting former Physical Volume as normal disk

Core Storage LV UUID: F6545BAB-5B31-4838-A188-C59D210B12FB

Core Storage disk: disk0s2

Finished CoreStorage operation on disk1 Macintosh HD

I then powered down, then booted to HDD to test it. I held the Option key down. I noted that two drives were shown (both external according to the icon): Macintosh HD and Recovery. So I assume disabling CS reveals the Recovery volume. I then changed the UUID using GDISK as you taught me earlier in this thread. That worked. Shut down, then booted again to make sure all was still okay with just the HDD connected. Worked.

After shutting down again I installed the SSD and booted with both drives connected (Option key held down). Three drives appeared: the SSD "Macintosh HD", the HDD "Macintosh HD", and the HDD Recovery. I chose the HDD "Macintosh HD" because prior to disabling CS and changing the UUID the system would insist on booting from the SSD regardless of which drive I chose.

During boot there was more activity from the HDD but I still couldn't tell whether the system booted from the SSD or the HDD. It seemed to boot fairly quickly, which makes me think it was the SSD. Below are the results of the two commands you taught me earlier. In your original instructions you referred to something being highlighted but I saw nothing highlighted so I still don't know how to interpret the following results.

df -h

Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity iused ifree %iused Mounted on

/dev/disk1 237Gi 128Gi 109Gi 55% 33743373 28482993 54% /

devfs 187Ki 187Ki 0Bi 100% 646 0 100% /dev

/dev/disk0s4 238Gi 79Gi 159Gi 34% 226985 166903311 0% /Volumes/BOOTCAMP

map -hosts 0Bi 0Bi 0Bi 100% 0 0 100% /net

map auto_home 0Bi 0Bi 0Bi 100% 0 0 100% /home

/dev/disk2s2 238Gi 135Gi 102Gi 57% 35479200 26837798 57% /Volumes/Macintosh HD 1

/dev/disk2s4 238Gi 79Gi 159Gi 34% 226985 166903311 0% /Volumes/BOOTCAMP 1

diskutil info /

Device Identifier: disk1

Device Node: /dev/disk1

Part of Whole: disk1

Device / Media Name: Macintosh HD

Volume Name: Macintosh HD

Mounted: Yes

Mount Point: /

File System Personality: Journaled HFS+

Type (Bundle): hfs

Name (User Visible): Mac OS Extended (Journaled)

Journal: Journal size 40960 KB at offset 0xee7000

Owners: Enabled

Content (IOContent): Apple_HFS

OS Can Be Installed: Yes

Recovery Disk: disk0s3

Media Type: Generic

Protocol: SATA

SMART Status: Not Supported

Volume UUID: 43D11CC9-E023-3B57-BB38-65F4C8E23CC9

Disk / Partition UUID: F6545BAB-5B31-4838-A188-C59D210B12FB

Total Size: 254.9 GB (254879203328 Bytes) (exactly 497810944 512-Byte-Units)

Volume Free Space: 116.7 GB (116666339328 Bytes) (exactly 227863944 512-Byte-Units)

Device Block Size: 512 Bytes

Allocation Block Size: 4096 Bytes

Read-Only Media: No

Read-Only Volume: No

Ejectable: No

Whole: Yes

Internal: Yes

Solid State: Yes

OS 9 Drivers: No

Low Level Format: Not supported

This disk is a Core Storage Logical Volume (LV). Core Storage Information:

LV UUID: F6545BAB-5B31-4838-A188-C59D210B12FB

LVF UUID: E409753F-A5B6-4DAC-BF6F-17CE4956E11E

LVG UUID: B8FA8874-F8C3-4EC1-8F53-0F555EDFC166

Fusion Drive: No

Encrypted: No

Loner T

Level 9

59,513 points

Oct 2, 2015 7:53 PM in response to trwd

trwd wrote:

After shutting down again I installed the SSD and booted with both drives connected (Option key held down). Three drives appeared: the SSD "Macintosh HD", the HDD "Macintosh HD", and the HDD Recovery. I chose the HDD "Macintosh HD" because prior to disabling CS and changing the UUID the system would insist on booting from the SSD regardless of which drive I chose.

Can you run a SMC Reset and NVRAM Reset and then test booting from the HDD? Please also check the Console logs for any error messages.

/dev/disk2s2 238Gi 135Gi 102Gi 57% 35479200 26837798 57% /Volumes/Macintosh HD 1

/dev/disk2s4 238Gi 79Gi 159Gi 34% 226985 166903311 0% /Volumes/BOOTCAMP 1

This is the USB disk - disk2.

trwd wrote:

This disk is a Core Storage Logical Volume (LV). Core Storage Information:

LV UUID: F6545BAB-5B31-4838-A188-C59D210B12FB

LVF UUID: E409753F-A5B6-4DAC-BF6F-17CE4956E11E

LVG UUID: B8FA8874-F8C3-4EC1-8F53-0F555EDFC166

Fusion Drive: No

Encrypted: No

This shows that the boot was from a CS volume. Test with the SMC and NVRam reset.

Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC) on your Mac - Apple Support

How to Reset NVRAM on your Mac - Apple Support

trwd Author

Level 1

17 points

Oct 2, 2015 7:54 PM in response to Loner T

I really need to use the MBP for the next few days. Might either of these procedures render it unusable? If so, I'd prefer to wait until I'm finished in a few days.

Loner T

Level 9

59,513 points

Oct 2, 2015 8:29 PM in response to trwd

No, neither procedure will render you Mac unusable. The internal SATA SSD content or the HDD content is not begin modified in anyway with these two procedures. You may want to look through the two links which explains the details of exactly what is being done in each.

trwd Author

Level 1

17 points

Nov 10, 2015 10:27 PM in response to trwd

Loner T has been incredibly patient and helpful. Apple should be paying him!

I had to put this recovery project on hold starting Oct 3rd and was unable to return to it until today. Early in the thread Loner T provided instructions for recreating the Bootcamp boot record but I was wary about performing that operation to my Mac without first making a valid clone of the SSD. I discovered in the process that Terabyte's Image for Linux can successfully create a clone or image of the entire Mac drive. But I then got bogged down trying to have both the clone (in a USB 3 dock) and the SSD online, and boot from either. (I wanted to first perform the boot record recovery on the clone instead of my original SSD.) That probably occupied the last couple pages of this thread.

Upon returning to the project tonight and trying to figure out where we had left off I decided to try an entirely different approach to solving the problem.

I bought and installed Winclone Basic. I used it to make an image of the Bootcamp partition (remember: it's been visible all this time; the upgrade to Yosemite just screwed up booting to it). Then I restored that image. Russell Scheil of Two Canoes Software had told me that Winclone would recreate the boot record as part of its restore process.

I'm happy to report that after rebooting and holding down the Option key my Bootcamp partition is once again accessible. It's baaack!

Thank you to Loner T and to Russell Scheil for your help.

Loner T

Level 9

59,513 points

Nov 11, 2015 5:06 AM in response to trwd

Please ensure you continue a regular backup regimen. Glad to see it working. I will play with TBIL soon. It seems to be a nice tool.

Bootcamp booting clobbered by Yosemite upgrade